Switch-indicator.



C. M. ROE. SWITGH INDICATOR.

' APPLICAT-ION FILED NOV. 25, 1911.

1,088,454. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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medici To all whom it' may concern.:

Be it known that i, CHESTER M. Rois, .zi citizen of the UnitedStates, nifl ai. ieeident of Jeisey City, in the county c l udson and State of New Jeiley, have invented c, new and .improved Switcli-iiidi cntoi?, ol' .v'iiicli Vthe following; is "full, dem", und @met description.

My invention relates to zi Switch i:w 'p toi, and more. particularly to means 'for ind"- cating to the engineer oi zi tlie pesiA tion, of the :several switches to which is approaching. it is frequently of advantage to an engineei', in approaching e terminal, to know just what track et the terminal he is coming into and iic able to tell ahead of time juSt what curves :ind Siifitclie: lie Supposed to take.

An object of my invention is; te indicate to the operator, in enteiinf tile yiiivi ci* iii limits of tlie teixniinail, jiiet. wlmi; ti'iici l open to him.

This and fuitlier objects, toqetliei" the construction :ind combination o" i: will be more fully deecri-oedv iiciein particularly set forth iii tile ciiinie.

i attain the iiliove-oiitlinei' d posing adjacent the main ii o. n; series et' lights oi @they indie: mated in the order in which tracks are designated, ivliiclif" caters are adapted to be ictue' mechanical operation @if ti to complete mi electific ciici' through the indicator., so that when the switches are thrown to open tlie waiy to zi particular terminal track7 tliie t'fzicli: Will be designated on the indicator.

I have illustrated in the @.ccoinijmn-ving drawings one mechanical expi'ecsion oi the inventive idea, lout it is to be understood that such drawings are iliustiative eniy. and are not designed to deiine the lin'iits et the invent-ion.

Reference is to be had to the accoingfiainv ing,r drawings forming' pei-t oi? l'liie ficntion, in which Simile? enznec ence indicate corresponding views, and inivliicli lie drawing' .rem

:i diagrammatic plan view eiiow' n uw rangements of tracks iii a. teiwiiiizilj togetliei Wit-li the electric ciiouits controlling ti e indicating mechanism. Y

Described more in detei main track A, enteringA l e eiicwn a. the

leading by suitable Sivit tc itnviiinelA tiaciis E, designated in. the drawings :is l, 2, 8 and fie, and there is also indicated a yaiid track There i; 1 ioi'm of Switcl throwingY i and il, by ineens of vx/"iiicli t are thi" n, to iiiiiltc @if iiitions; .iietiveeii the several trai i.widingg ijioni any galilei c ii'iovaile mirt- 1 iii. f the 'switches me switch rode 5. Gf.) i" and and iii the detailed winstiiictioii, init one iiieiiince 5 and its ci these switches, i..- connection will be desi ,i iii deiiiii, it ieeing mide' tlse svf s are oi" mibsta; tiirllv the @miic anni K sing a bloeit 1.3 and o inenibeifi $.25 lie-ai* il i opp@ bloei-J. T. 1 nient 'with one of the girzii.; eccoi'din to tie peeiiion olf tl;` can loe Seen frein tine di'ziivi lin a itt @eine convenient if.. tiiicli i, it :my pret'xii'red d' teiiiiinei.. is pesitoned iii" this ense Shown to iie i fc5 oi lriinps, niiiiibeied to comi-spenti to tile mimimiing ci 'die tineke en tile. i; imiiinl.. sind lim ng one lamp to eiieeigjnate the position of the je sciita@ oi? eieci'iic i. wie miei: Vtcitteijy lll, one .e f the cont-cte mechanism fi'ioin, the ci Q5? conductoi' 2 jacent contact E35 coimectet. inecliiiuisin (L, sii d "l" in f tact, n condnetoin leads ininzils ot tlie indicfitoi tlii'ouggli the indicator i moin, lamp coiidimei 35 common te Contact i Ae .fi il th e lamps, tiii'oiigijli time return conducto? 36 to conductor ff? lends from the imttcifv lil. the conductor .m to one. c" ...i which connected i il tire Switch mec iiieni llien tlie coiiiiiinii'ion coni line i diictoi' 23S lending io time ewitiili,

in 'T5 tiii'oiifili tl. le um conto, oit tile Si tch-minut tiiioiigyjii time circuit 39 inici; g lmnp coiifimttms 3:3' mld I'if. imc tu the c do it wiii im ninicrsieoi'i tlint tile Snitch mechacime ai, circ-uit um; zuid light the will ii a Siiitiibic comme coi-roepend temp.

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is chown. will? be noted.

that the main track` is opent@ the terminal track 2, so that with the arrangement of circuit-closers, as indicated in Fig. l, the

lamp 2 will be ignited, or the indicator 2 actuated, so as to indicate to the engineer on the main track A that the switches are so set that he has a direct opening to the terminal track B.

Asshown in the drawings, the circuit is so forined that when any or' the preceding switches throws open the terminal track which it controls; the following` switchesA` and the indicators connected therewith, are cut oir; even it' the branches are open to the inain track.

Haring thus described iny iirwention7 l claini as new and desire to secure by Letters loatcntzl. ln `a railway track indicatorfMa series of tracks; a switch (,'ohti'olling each ot' the tracks; a signal for cach track operated by the respective switch; and incans associated with ca ch switch and so arranged that when une et the switches is operated it cuts out the signals of the succ jive tracks.

:2. ln a railway track indicator;-a. series of tracks; a switch controlling each of the i tracks; a signal 'for each. track operahlehy the respective switch; and means associated with each switch and so arranged that when Losetas@ oneof the switches is opera-ted it Will cut out the signals of the successive tracks,

whether the said tracks are open or closed.

3. In a railway track indicator,a series et tracks; a switch controlling' each of the tracks; a signal for each track operable by the respective switch; and means; including an electric circuit, associated with each. switch and so arranged that when one of the switches is operated it cuts ont the signais ot following tracks, whether the said tracks are open or closed.

4. In a railway track indicatorfa series of tracks; a switch controllingv cach of the tracks; a signal for each track operable by the respective switch; an electric switch connected to each track switch; and an electric circuit from the electric switch to the signal so arranged that when any et the tracks is opened hy its track switch it operates its signal, cutting out the signals ot the successive tracks; whether they are open or closed.

ln testinion)r whcreotl l have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHESTER- M. ROE.

Wlitnesses il. D. lVs'rMoRn, lii'oiias l). NOLAN. 

